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Gameplay Manual

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This game can be played by up to 4 players simultaneously. A separate controller is required for each player. Controller Controls explained in the Online Manual are based on the default setting Normal. Controls can be reconfigured via Options in Options & Data. Menu Button

LB RB ™ Controls Tetris® Controls Y Button ZX: Move Puyo ZX: Move Tetrimino Left Stick B Button D-Pad / Left V: Fast Drop V: Soft Drop A Button Stick

D-Pad X Button C: Quick Drop* C: Hard Drop Right Stick Rotate Puyos Right B Button Rotate Tetrimino Right Change Giant Puyo Color Rotate Puyos Left A Button Rotate Tetrimino Left Change Giant Puyo Color HOLD LB / RB HOLD (Fusion only) (except Big Bang) X Button Skill 1 (Skill Battle only)

Y Button Skill 2 (Skill Battle only)

RT Skill 3 (Skill Battle only)

Menu button Pause Game

✱ Only available in certain modes. Title Screen

At the title screen you can select Adventure the Main Menu, or jump straight into a match with either of the regular Compete against various characters and clear missions to advance playstyles. Gameplay instructions for the story. each playstyle can be found in the sections linked below: Solo Puyo Puyo™ A single player game mode with a wide variety of rule settings. Play Puyo Puyo using Endless Puyo settings. Multiplayer Tetris ® Play against friends on a single machine with multiple controllerrs. Play Tetris using Marathon settings. Options & Data Main Menu Check your personal stats and change game settings. Purchase Menu and other non-gameplay items at the Shop using points earned through gameplay. controls are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Online ✱ Most game screens in this manual Go online to compete against other players and watch replays. are non-preferentially taken from the Switch™ version of the game. ✱ This game supports an autosave feature. Lessons Do not switch off the console while Puyo Puyo™ Fusion Tetris® Skill Battle saving is in progress. Learn the basic rules of , , , and , as well as some more advanced techniques! Basic Rules

Learn the basic rules of Puyo Puyo™ and Tetris®. Puyo Pairs Puyos❸ drop in randomly colored pairs. Sometimes two of the same Puyo Puyo™ color will drop together. The name of the game is to “pop” Puyos by moving and rotating Nuisance Queue ❹ sets as they fall from the top of the Board and stack atop each A waiting area for Garbage Puyos sent by your opponent. These other. When Puyos stack up to the X at the top center of the Board, appear in various sizes and shapes relative to the number of that player loses. Garbage Puyos waiting to rain down any moment. Garbage Puyo ❹ ❶ ❷

Small Big Rock Star Moon Crown Comet ❸ 1 6 30 180 360 720 1440 ❺ ❻ Player Board Opponent Board ❺ ❻ ❼ Score Player Icon and Name ➓ ❼ ❽ ❽ ❾ Win Stars ➓ Opponent Name X ❾ If❶ Puyos stack up to here, then you lose! Next Puyos The❷ next pair of Puyos to drop into the Board. Removing Puyos Offset Touch four or more Puyos of the same color together horizontally and/or Garbage Puyos can be an ominous presence in the Nuisance vertically to pop them. This will create Garbage Puyos which are sent to Queue, but all is not lost—these can be removed by simply sending your opponent’s Nuisance Queue. Garbage Puyos can be removed from your own. One Garbage Puyo will be removed from your queue for the Board by popping regular Puyos that are touching them. each one you produce, the two effectively canceling each other out. Simultaneous Clear Pop two or more colors simultaneously and extra Garbage Puyos will be sent to your opponent. All Clear Giant Puyo Pop every Puyo on your Board to receive a special bonus—your A single colored Giant Puyo that separates next attack will send a LOT of Garbage Puyos to your opponent! into four regular Puyos when it lands. Press either Rotate button to change its color. Quick Drop Chains Send the falling Puyos to the bottom of your Board in an instant. This move is available in Skill Battle, Party, Fusion, Big Bang, When Puyos are popped, the ones on top will drop down to fill the Challenge, and Tiny Puyo rules. It can also be enabled in Versus, gaps. If these then connect up and pop, it becomes a chain. The Skill Battle, and Swap rules via Game Settings at the standby more chains you can pop in a sequence, the more Garbage Puyos screen. are sent to your opponent’s Board! ✱ This move cannot be used in matches Online. Tetris ® Tetriminos There❹ are seven Tetrimino shapes. Move and rotate them as they Remove lines of Blocks from the Matrix by moving and rotating fall. Tetriminos as they fall from the top. When the Blocks stack past the top of the Matrix, they will “Lock Out,” eliminating the player from the match.

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❷ ❹ Ghost Piece Shows❺ how the current Tetrimino will lock into place if it continues ❺ straight down. ❼ ❽ Garbage Block Preview ❾ Shows❻ incoming Garbage Blocks sent by your opponent. ➓ ⓫ ⓬ Player Matrix Opponent Matrix Matrix Top ❼ ❽ ❶ Score Player Icon and Name If the Tetriminos stack up to here, you lose! ❾ ❿ Hold Queue Win Stars Opponent Name ⓫ ⓬ Shows❷ the currently held Tetrimino. Next Queue Shows❸ the next Tetriminos to fall. Removing Blocks T-Spin Stack the falling Tetriminos to form a horizontal line across the A super advanced technique where a T-Tetrimino is rotated at the full width of the Matrix, and the entire line will disappear. Blocks last moment to fit into a T-Slot before it Locks Down. Get it right, stacked above will drop down to close the empty row. and your opponent will be treated to a deluge of Garbage Blocks!

Back-To-Back Hold Queue Successful completion of two Tetris™ Line Clears or T-Spin Clears “Hold” a falling Tetrimino to set it aside for later. Only one can be with no simple Line Clears in between is called a Back-to-Back. held in the Hold Queue at a time. Hold a new Tetrimino when one This will earn you a bonus score. has already been set to swap their positions. Perfect Clear Combo Remove every single Block from the Matrix for a Perfect Clear. This Removing lines with successive Tetriminos is called a combo. The will earn you a huge bonus score and send a truckload of Garbage more you use this technique, the more Garbage Blocks are sent to Blocks to your opponent’s Matrix! your opponent’s Matrix! Tetris™ Line Clear Simultaneously remove 4 lines to send a LOT of Garbage Blocks to your opponent’s Matrix! Match Rules

Learn the difference between the various rulesets. Gauge Versus In a Puyo Puyo vs Tetris match, the Tetris Matrix will display an attack A simple battle mode. Players and gauge. The gauge fills as lines are CPU opponents alike decide their removed, and Garbage Blocks are sent ™ ® own playstyle (Puyo Puyo or Tetris ). when it reaches capacity. Standard game rules apply to each playstyle selected. ✱ The attack gauge is only displayed during mixed games in Versus and Party. In other modes and Tetris vs Tetris games, a line of Garbage Blocks will be Puyo Puyo vs Tetris Attacks sent each time a line is removed. The Tetris player sends Garbage Blocks to the Puyo Puyo Board which drop in from the top. The Puyo Puyo player sends Garbage Puyos to the Tetris Matrix which appear in rows at the bottom.

Garbage Blocks are removed together with neighboring Puyos.

Garbage Puyos are removed by filling the spaces in the row. Skill Battle Using Skills Play as a team of three characters, each with their own skills. Skills come in various types, such as changing the color of Puyos and replenishing HP. Press the button assigned to each character to unleash their skill at the cost of some MP.

Your team’s playstyle (Puyo Puyo™/ Tetris®), characters, and skills Each skill has a cooldown period, a can also be set via Edit Team in Options & Data. limited amount of time that must lapse Skill Battle HP System between uses. Reduce your opponent’s HP to zero to win the game. Allowing Puyos or Blocks to stack to the top will incur massive damage, but Skills cannot be used if there is after a Board or Matrix reset, you can continue to play until HP is insufficient MP. MP replenishes over time. fully depleted. ✱ Some skills are exclusive to a given playstyle (Puyo Puyo™ / Tetris®).

When you send Garbage Puyos or Garbage Blocks, the HP gauge will flash Team Development a damage preview. The damage will not Choose a Skill Battle stage in Adventure be inflicted until they actually land in the to level up characters and earn Item Board or Matrix though, so try to offset as Cards. many as you can to minimize the damage. Party ● Nuisance Type Choose Puyo Puyo™ or Tetris® and Name Effect compete for the highest score. Even if the For a limited time, Puyos and Tetriminos fall at the Speed Up! Puyos/Blocks reach the top, the Board/ maximum speed in the opponent’s Board. Matrix will reset and you can continue For a limited time, the opponent’s Board/Matrix playing until the time runs out. Searchlight! goes dark, with only a small moving portion Remove Items that drop into your Board illuminated. or Matrix to trigger a variety of effects. For a limited time, the opponent cannot rotate No Rotating! There are eleven Item types in total. Puyos or Tetriminos. Items ● Puyo Puyo Only

● Power-Up Type Single-Color For a limited time, all Puyos dropping into your Name Effect Tsumo! Board will be single color sets. For a limited time, increased Garbage Puyos / For a limited time, all Tetriminos dropping into the Attack Up! Garbage Blocks are sent to the opponent’s Board/ Fixed Minos! opponent’s Matrix will be of the same type. Matrix. ✱ Available only when opponent is playing Tetris®. Remove all Garbage Puyos / Garbage Blocks from Garbage Clear! the Player Board/Matrix, including those in the ● Tetris Only Nuisance Queue. For a limited time, all Garbage Puyos / Garbage For a limited time, only single Block Minos will Mino Change! Reflection! Blocks received are sent back to the opponent’s drop into your Matrix. Board/Matrix. ● Reversal Type For a limited time, all items and Puyos in the Freeze! opponent’s Board will be frozen and inaccessible. Reduce the opponent’s score while increasing Score Vacuum! ✱ ™ your own. Available only when opponent is playing Puyo Puyo . Fusion Other Special Rules Minos (1 Block) and Diminos (2 Blocks) In this mode, both Puyos and Tetriminos occasionally make an appearance. fall into the same Board. Puyos and Blocks are removed according to standard rules—four or more touching Puyos of the same color, or a full row of Blocks with no gaps. A special piece that alternates between a Crushing Puyos with Tetriminos Puyo set and a Tetrimino will appear for a limited time. When a Tetrimino falls on top of Puyos, it will crush them line by line until it lands at the bottom of the Board or on top of other Blocks. Garbage Puyos are removed You can begin arranging the next Puyo set completely, but regular color Puyos will or Tetrimino during a chain reaction, or as a quickly drop back in from the top once the Blocks have landed. The Tetrimino crushes Puyos. game’s behavior varies depending on the way the Tetrimino falls. ● Freefall / Soft Drop Tetriminos freefalling or using Soft Drop will crush Puyos one If Puyos or Blocks are continually removed line at a time until landing. As soon as the Tetrimino begins to within a certain time, it will trigger a mixed crush Puyos, you will be unable to control it further, and the next chain which sends extra Garbage Blocks to Tetrimino will be released. By stacking the next Tetrimino on top of your opponent. the Block still falling, it’s possible (albeit difficult) to clear 5 or more lines simultaneously! ● Hard Drop Hard Drop Tetriminos to instantly land them, crushing all Puyos in their way. Swap After the charge up time ends, the Garbage Puyo and Garbage Blocks produced by each player are offset against each other. The Gameplay alternates between Puyo player that still has Garbage remaining after this uses them to attack Puyo™ and Tetris® playstyles each time the other player. Reduce your opponent’s gauge to zero to win. the counter reaches zero. Each playstyle has its own Board/Matrix, the one not Challenge being played displayed as a sub screen. Play using any of the following rule sets. Once the countdown has reached zero, Endless Fever (Puyo Puyo) any falling Puyos or Tetriminos will Remove all the chain setups within the time available. continue to freefall. You will not be able to control them anymore, so watch the timer Endless Puyo (Puyo Puyo) carefully. Remove both Puyos and Blocks Pop as many Puyos as you can within the time available. within a certain period of time to score a Tiny Puyo (Puyo Puyo) Combo which sends extra Garbage Puyos A wider field and smaller Puyos mean more Puyos per row. Pop as or Blocks to your opponent’s Board/Matrix. many as you can within the time available. Big Bang Sprint (Tetris) Remove 40 lines as quickly as you can. Puyo Puyo players compete in Fever mode: attempt to clear preset stacks Marathon (Tetris) of Puyos with a single pair. Tetris Remove 150 lines with as high a score as possible. players compete in Lucky Attack mode: Ultra (Tetris) preset stacks that can be removed a Compete for score by removing as many lines as you can within the line at a time with each successive time available. Tetrimino. Garbage Puyos and Garbage ✱ Blocks produced during the charge up In Marathon, you can disable the 150 line goal and turn it into a limitless score attack mode. Simply set Endless to On in Game Settings at the stage accumulate as each player’s attack standby screen. You will also level up after every 10 lines removed, which power. increases the drop speed. In Sprint and Ultra there is no level up, so the drop speed will remain unchanged throughout.

Adventure

Enjoy the story as you compete in Puyo Puyo™ and Tetris® matches. ✱ Dialogue scenes that have already been viewed can be watched again via Theatre in Options & Data. Map Screen Clear Conditions Use the World Map to navigate to the Before a match starts, the clear conditions and rating standard are stage you want to play. Some stages form displayed. You will be awarded stars based on your performance. part of the main story, while others are Earning stars increases your overall clearance level. “Practice Stages” that allow you to learn different techniques. There are also “Secret Skip Stage Stages” with surprise story elements for you to discover. If you fail to clear any stage, the Skip Stage option will become Stages yet to be unlocked are marked “?” and available in the post-match menu. Selecting this allows you to cannot be opened. You will need to clear other continue the story. Don’t worry—you can come back and try again stages to unlock them. later! Stage Clear Press the button marked Shortcut to navigate Clear a stage to increase playable characters and BGM tracks. easily to distant areas of the map. In addition, if you clear a Skill Battle, all of your characters will receive Experience and you can earn Item Cards too. Repeat the same stage as many times as you like—it’s an ideal way to level up your characters! Dialogue Scenes Select a stage to enjoy some witty repartee between the characters. Use the buttons marked to Skip or Autoplay the dialogue. Stages that offer Item Cards show a special icon.

Some matches begin with a Mission. Clear the Mission to increase the number of cards you can receive and their effectiveness. Solo

Play the game by yourself using a variety of rulesets. See Match Puyo and Tetrimino release patterns vary Rules for further details. depending on the ruleset. You can check the pattern for each character via the Character Mode Selection Select screen. For some rulesets, you can choose the Mode before playing: Pre-Play Settings Various settings are available at the Choose Battle to play a single match standby screen immediately before against up to three CPU players. Select a match commences. Settings vary Endurance to see how many CPU players you can beat before depending on the ruleset. losing. Customize Players Set the wallpaper and BGM for the match. Set the number of CPU players from 1 to 3. Handicap Set the match difficulty for each player to your preferred advantage or disadvantage. Settings range from Sweet to Spicy! Game Settings Character Select / Team Select Set additional game rule parameters. Choose a character and playstyle (Puyo Puyo™ / Tetris®). In Skill Battle you will need to form a team, or select one of the teams you made earlier in Options & Data. Results Screen / Save Replay At the end of each game, you receive points based on your performance. Points can be used as in-game currency at the Shop. If a replay slot is available, or you select Save Replay from the post- match menu, a match replay will be saved for you to review at a later time. These are accessed via Theatre in Options & Data. You can also share it with the world via Online. ✱ Replays cannot be saved in Endurance.

✱ A total of 50 replays can be saved across all rulesets. Multiplayer

A simple multiplayer mode for up to 4 players competing Number of Players simultaneously, or up to 8 players competing in pairs tournament Choose the number of players. Battle is style. for 2 to 4 players. Tournament is for up Select Rule to 8 players. Choose the ruleset that everyone will ✱ In Tournament, only two players play play. There are a total of seven rulesets simultaneously, so up to 8 players can join using just two controllers. to choose from.

Team Battles for 3–4 Players Mode Selection With 3 or more players, you have Select the match format. Choose Battle the option to form teams. Simply to play one round with 2 to 4 players. choose a team mark (♠/♥/♣/♦). Choose Tournament for a tournament Any other players that choose the style playoff for up to 8 players. same mark will become your team- mates!

Tournament Character Select / Team Select Players compete in pairs. The win- Choose a character or a team. In ner of each match continues to the Versus, Party, and Big Bang you can next round, while the loser drops also choose a playstyle (Puyo Puyo™ or out. Player icons are arranged to Tetris®). form an easy to read tournament chart. Options & Data

Check out your stats, change game settings, and edit your Skill Character Info Battle teams. You can also watch your match replays here. Player ❶ Choose an icon, character, and customization. The character selected here will become the default selection ❷ at the Character Select screen prior to ❸ matches. ❹ Edit Team ❺ Edit up to 10 teams to use in Skill Battle. Experience and Level Information For each team select a playstyle, three ❶ characters, skills, and Item Cards. • Current Level • Experience required to next Level Unlock playable characters and acquire • Experience attained so far Item Cards in Adventure. Characters are leveled up in Skill Battle stages of Adventure. Level up characters to increase status and skill rank. Status Status❷ displays the values of each parameter for the selected character. • Attack: Affects ability to attack opponents • Defense: Affects damage from incoming attacks • Recovery: Affects level of HP recovery over time, as well as speed of MP recovery Auto Skill Shop ❸ These skills are used automatically without user interaction. Purchase customized items, character Special Skill voices, and player icons using the points A❹ skill that can be unleashed during a match. At first only one you earned through gameplay. is available, but as your characters level up, available skills also ✱ Purchased character voices can be set at the increase. Character Select screen. Skill Info Theatre Press❺ the button marked Skill Info for a full explanation. Listen to in-game audio, watch previously viewed dialogue scenes, Item Cards and review your saved match replays. Depending on the card status, some or all parameters will increase Stats i.e. HP, MP, Attack, Defense, and Recovery. Even cards of the same See your player stats for each game rule and Collections of type can have very different statuses. challenges to complete over the course of the game. Cards with a special status are marked with a star. Equip several of these for a bonus multiplier effect. Options Change basic game settings, button assignments, and choose which rulesets to include in Puzzle League. If you’re having difficulty identifying individual Puyos and Tetriminos, you can adjust the screen colors by switching the Filter to ON as shown screen right.

Save a card to your favorites to prevent accidental deletion. Equipped cards also cannot be deleted. Online

Connect to the Internet to play against friends and other players from around the world, and upload match replays. Puzzle League The first time you select Online, you will be required to enter your regional Play against other players from around the world. Win matches to settings. These can also be set via raise your rank and enter the higher league contests. Options in Options & Data. First choose a league. Caution Play Versus, Fusion, Swap, Party, or Big Bang and • No guarantees are made about the quality of your network connection. compete to win! Choose your preferred playstyle Delays, dropped data and disconnection may occur depending on your and Puzzle League (Puyo Puyo™ / Tetris®) depending on the game your opponent’s network environment. SEGA accepts no responsibility for settings. any trouble or damage due to connectivity issues when using the network Play exclusively Puyo Puyo battles using Versus functionality. Puyo Puyo League settings. • This service will be available for a set period of time, and may be terminated at any time without notice. Tetris League Play exclusively Tetris battles using Versus settings. • During online play, the user name registered to your console will be visible to others. Please avoid registering personally identifiable information such Skill Battle League Play exclusively in Skill Battle settings. as your real name or telephone number, and names that are likely to cause discomfort to others. Find Opponent Select this and an opponent will be matched automatically. While in the standby area, you can choose the match settings, check your opponent’s profile, and leave a pre-for matted greeting. When both players have pressed Ready, you will be prompted to select a character before the match begins. At the end of the match, you can choose another opponent or exit the mode. Rankings See the Top 20 (World) rankings as well as your own position. Free Play Leagues Use the Opponent Net Speed setting to choose an opponent based Pick the rules that you want to use on how smoothly the match will proceed. In Puzzle League, you can and join any session that interests you. also choose an opponent by rule setting. This mode will not affect your rate or ranking. Begin by selecting a game rule Rate setting. Your rate will go up and down as you win and lose matches. The higher a player's rate, the stronger they are. Opponent matching aims to match players of comparable rates. Tournament ✱ If you turn off the power to your console or disconnect from the Internet Room Select during a match, it will be recorded as your loss and your rate will decrease as a result. Consider yourself warned! Align the cursor with a room to see information such as player count and settings. Choose a room to proceed. Promotion and Demotion Battles Win a streak of matches and you might find yourself in a Pro- motion Battle. Win to gain entry to a higher league. Similar- Create Room ly, a losing streak may eventually lead to a Demotion Battle. Host your own room. Set the playstyle, Lose that and you'll find yourself in a lower league, with all the connection speed, and whether or not shame that entails. to apply a password, then press OK to proceed. Complete the various settings and press Create Room to move to the Game Lobby. Game Lobby Watch the Match Entries are accepted at the Game Watch the selected match unfold! Information on Chains, Offsets Lobby. When everybody has and other actions will be logged to the side of the screen. Press pressed Ready, you will proceed to the and hold the cancel button if you wish to exit the match. Character Select screen. If there are 3 or more players, you will also proceed to the Team Select screen.

Spectate

Watch matches played by other players in VS and Skill Battle modes. ✱ Spectate is only available in rooms where Allow Spectating is set to Enabled.

Spectator Lobby Select a Room to display the ruleset and player information. Results Screen When the match ends, the winner and match deciding factor will be displayed. While You Wait… As you wait for the match to begin, you can send players messages of encouragement! The match will begin after the players have each chosen a character. Replays Join Friend

See replays of the top ranking Puzzle League matches, as well as Join a Friend online and play together. those of friends. When you receive an invite from a friend, select Join to enter the room. Watch Replay Choose a replay to watch. You can also check the player profile and jump straight to highlights such as chains Options & Data and offsets. ✱ You cannot jump to highlights in Skill Battle. As with Options & Data in the main menu, you can check player Upload Replay stats, change game settings, and edit Skill Battle teams here, as Post a replay of one of your own well as watch saved replays and other visual entertainment treats. matches. Simply choose a saved replay and select Post from the Replay menu. ✱ Only one replay can be posted at a time. Challenge Ranking Posting a second replay will overwrite the first. Check your ranking from Challenge in Solo. Choose a ruleset to see the Top 20 (World) ranking as well as your own position. Attack Damage The❸ amount of damage dealt to the boss by you or your Boss Raid teammates.

Join Forces Against the Boss 1 to 4 players battle against a Boss character. Some skills such as HP recovery and Raid Screen status effect recovery are shared with Each player selects a Team and plays together against the Boss. other players. Check the HP and MP of Reduce the Boss’s HP to zero to win. your teammates to make sure you use your skills optimally.

When HP Reduces to Zero If everyone’s HP reduces to zero at the same time, then the raid is lost. You ❶ ❸ can choose to try again, return to the lobby, change opponents, or quit the game.

❷ Teammates HP / MP Keep❶ an eye on your teammates’ statuses. Chance Time Conditions Fulfil❷ the conditions to enter Chance Time! As with Big Bang, this is your opportunity to inflict major damage! Lessons

Everything you need to know from basic play to more advanced Problems techniques. There are 100 problems to solve for each Learn basic instructions of Puyo Puyo™, playstyle. The pencil icons show the Fusion, Tetris®, and Skill Battle. For difficulty level. Puyo Puyo and Tetris, you can also try your hand at solving Problems that have been set up! For some problems, press the button marked Show Guide to reset the Board Beginner with added reference markers. Lessons aimed at beginners playing for the first time. This covers the basic rules.

Intermediate Lessons aimed at those familiar with the rules, but wanting to up their game with a few advanced skills.

Advanced Lessons aimed at seasoned professionals. Not for the faint hearted!